IMMR`16 Program

:: Thursday 14th July 2016 ::
:: Conference Day 1 ::
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08.30 | Registration for Meeting Participants
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09.30 | Opening Session
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10.00 :: Biodiversity, Conservation and Coastal Management ::
PAOLO GUIDETTI | University of Nice - ECOMERS Laboratory (France)
.: Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea: from their potential to reality :.
:: Biodiversity, Conservation and Coastal Management :: Oral Presentation ::
10.30 :: Sea level rise impacts on estuarine salt marshes - a multi-disciplinary approach | Bernardo Duarte, João C.
Marques, Isabel Caçador
10.45 :: An ecological framework for the development of a national MPA network | David Abecassis, Pedro Afonso, Karim
Erzini
11.00 | COFFEE-BREAK
:: Biodiversity, Conservation and Coastal Management :: Oral Presentation ::
11.30 :: Implementing sustainable marine and coastal management: challenges from the Portuguese MSP case | Catarina
Frazão Santos, Francisco Andrade e Michael Orbach
11.45 :: Contrasting patterns of genetic structure between sister species along a biogeographic transition zone | Susana
Almeida, Katy Nicastro, Gerardo Zardi, Gareth Pearson, Myriam Valero, Ester Serrão
12.00 :: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution affects tissue fatty acid compositions in Holothuria scabra (Jaeger,
1833): A sea cucumber from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, Iran | Elham Kamyab, Julian Döring, Aida Khazaali, Andreas
Kunzmann
12.15 :: Evidence for the long-term contribution of upstream agricultural practices and land use on the biodiversity and
function of an estuary and adjacent coastal areas | Irene Martins, Zara Teixeira, Ana Marta Gonçalves, Ana Filipa Bessa,
Helena Veríssimo, Pedro Vinagre, João C. Marques
12.30 :: Eco-physiological response of the kelp Laminaria ochroleuca to varying temperature and nutrients: implications
under climate change | João Franco, Fernando Tuya, Iacopo Bertocci, Laura García, Brezo Martínez, Francisco Arenas
12.45 :: Assesing the effectivness of marine partially protected areas | Mirta Zupan, Eliza Fragkopoulou, Joachim Claudet,
Karim Erzini, Bárbara Horta e Costa, Emanuel J. Gonçalves
13.00 | LUNCH
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14.00 :: Poster Presentation ::
14.30 :: Oceanography and Maritime Technology ::
RAJESH NAIR | National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (Sgonico, Italy)
.: Observing the Ocean: the art & science of making marine measurements :.
IMMR'16 had the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), through the
strategic project UID/MAR/04292/2013 granted to MARE
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15.00 :: SOCO-DRONE Project Presentation
:: Oceanography and Maritime Technology:: Oral Presentation ::
15.30 :: Modulation of sea surface temperature by Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers | Diego Fernandez-Novoa, Xurxo
Costoya, Maite de Castro, Moncho Gómez-Gesteira
15.45 :: Measuring littoral surface currents with low-cost wave drifters | Diogo Mendes, Bruno Loureiro, Artur Rocha,
António Silva
16.00 :: Fishing Areas Characterization: a demonstrative case of the SIMOcean platform | Luísa Lamas, Paulo Oliveira,
José Pinto, Sara Almeida, Ricardo Deus, António Silva, Nuno Almeida
16.15 :: MODIS imagery as a tool to characterize Iberian river turbid plumes | Marisela Des Villanueva, Diego FernándezNóvoa, Maite de Castro, Renato Mendes, Moncho Gómez-Gesteira
16.30
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| COFFEE-BREAK
17.00 :: Fisheries and Management ::
JORDI VIÑAS | Ichthyology Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Girona (Spain)
.: Old and new genetics tools for old and new questions in fisheries management. Application in tuna and
related species :.
:: Fisheries and Management :: Oral Presentation ::
17.30 :: Sea cucumbers as new marine resource in Europe | Mercedes González-Wangüemert, Jorge António Godino
17.45 :: Fisheries management through optimal sustainable policies with constant effort in random environments | Nuno
Brites, Carlos A. Braumann
18.00 :: Polychaete annelids as live bait in Portugal: harvesting activity in estuarine systems | Sara Cabral, Ana Alves,
Nuno Castro, Pedro Fidalgo e Costa, Erica Sá, João Castro, Luís Cancela da Fonseca, Paula Chainho, João Canning-Clode,
David Picard, Ana Pombo, José Lino Costa
18.15 | FILM PROJECTION :: The rhythm of the tides
20.30 | MEETING DINNER :: MH Hotels - Peniche****
IMMR'16 had the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), through the
strategic project UID/MAR/04292/2013 granted to MARE
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:: Friday 15th July 2016 ::
:: Conference Day 2 ::
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09.00 | Registration for Meeting Participants
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09.30 :: Seafood Technology ::
MARGRETHE ESAIASSEN | Norwegian College of Fishery Science - UiT The Arctic University of Norway
.: Improving quality of products from Atlantic cod :.
:: Seafood Technology :: Oral Presentation ::
10.00 :: Preliminary studies on lipidic compounds from Catostylus tagi with antioxidant behaviour | Zilda Morais, Rita
Rodrigues, Marco Silva
10.15 :: Development and characterization of chitosan nanocomposites with various clays for food applications | Laarabi
Asmae, Bennamara Ahmed, Abourriche Abdelmjid, Mohammed Berrada
10.30 :: Production of Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus) Jam with macroalgae (Porphyra dioica). Microbiological, Sensory
and Physico-chemical characterization | João Reboleira, André Horta, Susana Mendes, Susana Bernardino, Rui Ganhão
10.45 :: Physicochemical and microbiological changes in dried small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhynus canicula):
developing an alternative shark-based salted-dried seafood product | Eduardo Esteves, Hugo Lourenço, Igor Rosa, Jaime
Aníbal
11.00 | COFFEE-BREAK
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11.30 :: SOCO-DRONE Experimental Flight
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12.00 :: Aquaculture ::
SIMEON DEGUARA | AquaBioTech Group (Malta)
.: The challenge ahead for formulated feeds: crisis or opportunity? :.
:: Aquaculture :: Oral Presentation ::
12.30 :: Water acidification activates the innate immune system of Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis | Marina Machado,
Francisco Arenas, Rita Azeredo, Renata Serradeiro, Benjamín Costas
12.45 :: Etiology and prevalence of skin disease in Holothuria arguinensis | Fernando Canovas, Jorge DomínguezGodino, Mercedes González-Wangüemert
13.00 | LUNCH
14.00 :: Poster Presentation ::
:: Aquaculture :: Oral Presentation ::
14.30 :: Assessing the sustainability of mangrove aquaculture – an interdisciplinary approach | Paula Senff, Stefan
Partelow, Achim Schlüter, Andreas Kunzmann, Nurliah Buhari
IMMR'16 had the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), through the
strategic project UID/MAR/04292/2013 granted to MARE
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14.45 :: Dietary tryptophan supplementation modulates immune status and disease resistance in Senegalese sole, Solea
senegalensis, reared at low or high density | Rita Azeredo, Marina Machado, Joana Moura, Juan António Martos-Sitcha,
Juan Miguel Mancera, Helena Peres, Aires Oliva-Teles, António Afonso, Benjamin Costas
15.00 :: Influence of microbial Siloxane biosurfactants inhibit the bacterial and viral multiplications in Indian white
shrimp Fenneropenaeus indicus at in vivo level | Thavasimuthu Citarasu
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15.15 :: Blue Biotech ::
LUIS BOTANA | Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary-USC (Spain)
.: Potential of marine toxins as drug leads :.
:: Blue Biotech :: Oral Presentation ::
15.45 :: Effect of temperature and nitrogen concentration on the heterotrophic growth of Chlorella vulgaris | Ana
Marques, Ana Barros, Catarina Correia, Joana Silva, João Navalho, Sérgio Leandro, Rui Gomes
16.00 :: A simple and practical technique for fish venom extraction - protein content analysis for future biotechnological
applications | Frederico Almada, Américo Duarte, Stéphane Besson, Beatriz Rosa, Francisco Viegas, Joana Robalo, José
Moura, Luísa Maia, Pedro Félix, José Lino Costa, Juan Calvete
16.15 | COFFEE-BREAK
:: Blue Biotech :: Oral Presentation ::
16.45 :: Expression of recombinant sea urchin-inspired adhesive proteins: discovery, production and applications
| Gonçalo da Costa, Duarte Toubarro, Joaquim Marquês, Ana Viana, Carlos Cordeiro, Henrique Cabral, Romana Santos
17.00 :: Fighting hospital infection with new antibiotic molecules derived from microalgae: the NoMorFilm EU project
| Raquel Amaral, Clara Martins, Mariana Assunção, Lília Santos
17.15 :: Determination of polyphenols, tannins, flavonoids and antioxidant activity in extracts of two genus Ircinia marine
sponges of Atlantic Morrocan Coast | Rhandour Zineb, Tarbaoui Meriem, Oumam Mina, Elamraoui Belkassem,
Bennamara Ahmed, Abourriche Abdelmjid
17.30 :: A computational approach in the discovery of lead-like compounds for anticancer drugs | Sara Cruz, Florbela
Pereira, Susana Gaudêncio
17.45 | FILM PROJECTION :: Fishtour – A unique experience into the sardine route
18.30 | HAPPY-HOUR :: Nau dos Corvos ::
IMMR'16 had the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), through the
strategic project UID/MAR/04292/2013 granted to MARE
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